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    Chinese Identity

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    As one of the oldest civilizations with both a national and common cultural history that has lasted over 10,000 years and dynasties that span 4,000 years. China has a very long history that is very complex and its identity is not static, but ever changing. China can be identified as very protective of its people when it built the Great Wall of China in order to guard itself against nomads or isolationist when the country only traded selective commodities in limited exchanges with certain foreign…

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    How Did Mao Change China

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    a great man to be by ultimately focussing on himself. This caused there to be chaos to erupt later. Mao was, at one point, the great man he had described when he first came into power because he wanted to make China seem like a promise land where people could have different freedoms. He did this by creating different reforms and laws to give people the China they wanted. One of the reforms…

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    Zoo Controversy

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    Why let these primates use technology? The reason for this is that they are intelligent creatures and can enjoy problem solving games. It can also allow these social primates to interact with one another from across the country. A great example of this is when I went to the Mesker park zoo, not to log ago one of the monkeys lost their life long mate and was starting to not get along with the other causing her to be separated from them. But the zookeepers visit her often and play games with her…

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    One such case of this would be that of Babchi (Psoralea corylifolia), in which P. corylifolia has a stagnant and steeply declining wild population. This is primarily due to its use in Indian Ayurveda, Tamil Siddha and also Chinese medicine systems of traditional medicine. Another circumstance, would be that of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), native to south central China. In which Chinese scientists…

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    Black Rhino Essay

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    Poachers kill them mainly for their horns and tails. People would pay about $50,000 for two horns from one single black rhino. That’s a lot of money involved so poachers can’t resist it. In some cultures, superstition also plays a roll for black rhino’s body parts; the people used to hang one of their tails in a room where a woman is giving birth and it’s suppose to help ease with labor pains. Since some people believe in that they would go out and buy a rhino’s tail. Black rhinos are like…

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    The question of the impact of captivity on animals remains one of the most challenging and controversial over the several decades. Some people disagree that zoos are an important part of animals conservation as they believe sanctuaries in animal's native habitat would bring more positive results as animals suffer from the constant human presence and lack of space. Others argue that zoos provide animals with even better conditions than in the wild and that without zoos many conservation programs…

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    Mr. Peek the Misunderstanding at the Zoo was the book I chose for my interactive read aloud. In the story, Mr. Peek accidentally puts his son’s jacket on before he goes to work. It obviously doesn’t fit and it makes him feel bad about himself. As he is making his rounds at the zoo he talks to himself in a very critical way. All of the animals think that he is talking to them. Once Mr. Peek figures out that he really had the wrong jacket the whole time, he walks back through the zoo praising…

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    This island has to be saved for its trees, it has to be saved for its animals it is a part of a reserve forest, it belongs to a project to save tigers, which is paid for by people from all around the world….who love animals so much that they are willing to kill us for them…this whole world has become a place for animals, and our fault, our crime was that we were just human beings, trying to live as human beings always have, from the water and the soil. No human being…

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    Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are viewed to be one of the charismatic, interesting and of cultural significant animals in the world. They also the ones that need our protection to ensure their survival in the wild. Standing from one point of view, the pandas are an endangered species which once desperately needed funds and resources to save themselves from the brink of extinction. They also helped to raise the awareness of animal conservation worldwide. Opposing this viewpoint, some see the…

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    Giant Panda Essay

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    The giant panda, also known as panda bear is a bear that is native to south central China. The scientific classification of the giant panda is that it originates from the kingdom: Animalia, phylum: Chordata, class: Mammalia, family: Ursidae, genus: Ailuropoda, and species: A. melanoleuca3. The giant panda has been added to the endangered species list in 2007. Conservation needs to be done by humans to prevent damage to the world that humans have caused. Without conservation, our lives will…

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